STG Consulting LLC (Smoot Tewes Group)

STG Consulting (also known as Smoot Tewes Group) is a left-leaning political consulting firm headquartered in Washington, D.C. The firm was founded by Julianna Smoot and Paul Tewes, Democratic Party consultants who were active on Barack Obama’s 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns.

The firm’s clients include Protect Our Care, an organization that defends Obamacare, and Citizens for Transparency, an LGBT coalition that attacks the right-of-center group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF). Caleb Cade, an STG employee, is the spokesman for Citizens for Transparency.